Brown Pelicans

(Pelecanus occidentalis)

Where: Nags Head, NC • Island in Currituck Sound

Notes: Flight shots are an ever learning process for me. Part of which is the anticipation and expectation of the situation that might present such an opportunity and then having the equipment prepared to capture such an image ahead of time. Fortunately these large birds are easy to see well in advance and relatively easy to target with the autofocus. I’ve always admired how effortlessly these amazing birds can glide so effortlessly only inches over the water’s surface.